Top artists present works at 9th Annual Art on the Llano Estacado Show and Sale

A-J Media staff
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The Museum of Texas Tech University Association is hosting its 9th Annual Art on the Llano Estacado Show and Sale.

The event opened Thursday with a Celebration of Artists Cocktail Party and continues Friday with a reception and sale. Tickets for this portion of the event are $200 and include cocktails, dinner, an open bar, bid book and musical entertainment.

The event is in the Museum of Texas Tech University’s Helen DeVitt Jones Sculpture Court, 601 Indiana Ave.

Art will be available for public purchase beginning Saturday on a first-come, first-served basis. The event is open 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday and 1-4 p.m. Sunday.

Jim Eppler
Jim Eppler

Art on the Llano Estacado Show and Sale was established not only as a fundraiser for the Museum of Texas Tech Association, but also to bring a variety of art to Lubbock. The event is an opportunity to purchase high quality art and support the association's mission to assist the museum in providing free exhibitions and public programming. Art on the Llano gives visitors an opportunity to not only buy art but see art not readily available in Lubbock and to visit with artists working in a variety of mediums.

The event will feature about 250 original works of art by more than 40 artists from across the Southwest representing a wide variety of styles and media.

Jim Eppler is the 2023 Art on the Llano Estacado Legacy Artists. He is a sculptor and painter who uses his love of nature to give his work a life-like feeling. Eppler hand-finishes each bronze in his limited editions. Using patina and paint, his intricate knowledge of his subject matter is expressed with distinctive markings unique to each species.

Eppler developed this appreciation for nature at a young age. As a small child growing up in El Paso, he would spend many hours outdoors, observing animals to sketch and paint.

Cougar (LS) by Jim Eppler. Bronze 59 ¼”L x 27 ½”H x 12 ½” W - extends 10” below the surface.
Cougar (LS) by Jim Eppler. Bronze 59 ¼”L x 27 ½”H x 12 ½” W - extends 10” below the surface.

He is represented in galleries from California to New York and has been featured in the book, “Wildlife Art, 60 Contemporary Masters and Their Work” (Joan Muyskens Pursley, Portfolio Press), and in numerous magazines.

His public installations include the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library, Frederik Meijer Gardens, South Plains Wildlife Rehab Center, National Exhibits Foundation, National Ranching Heritage Museum, Booth Museum, West Texas Museum Collection, the Benson Sculpture Garden, and The Virginia Museum of Animal Art.

Eppler received his bachelor of fine arts degree from Texas Tech University.

For more information, contact the Museum of Texas Tech University Association at (806) 742-2443, by e-mailing jouana.stravlo@ttu.edu or online at www.artonthellanoestacado.com/

This article originally appeared on Lubbock Avalanche-Journal: Top artists present works at 9th Annual Art on the Llano Estacado Show and Sale